River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-01

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He confessed by the advice of his attorney.
John Hammersmith of Minneapolis.
stepped into butcher shop and asked the
loan of knife, which was furnished him.
and went into the back yard and cut
his throat TIE mans terrible desperation
was shown when, after cutting a large
cash IN his throat. he inserted his fingers
and tried TO tear the skin. Fearing that
be would fail in his mad deed. he cut his
wrist with the knife. He was soon dis
covered and physician called who said the
man would Gle. He has a wife and two
children. A period of hard drinking was
the cause of the act
The 25th anniversary of the defense
of New Ulm, Mimi, from the assaults of the
blood thirsty Sioux Indians was celebrated
at that city on the oath, in very elaborate
manner, with parade. speeches, dinner
and an evening social. Gov. McGill, Judge
Flandrau, Congressman Lind, Col VIM
Pfaender were the principal speakers There
was very large assemblage and the dav
was happily passed 10y the survivors and
veterans of the defense and the new genera
ton that have since become the active men
of the present time.
Charles B. Foster, MUSICIAN of
Keokuk, Iowa, went to the Allison House
and took room and retired. Not appear
ing at 10 O'Clock the next day, and falling
TO respond to calls, the door was forced
open and his dead body was found living
upon the bed Death resulted from the ex.
cessive use of chloroform, to which the
deceased was addicted. He was about
thlrty-fve years old and married Foster
had Travelled with several organizations, his
last engagement being with McIntire q
Heath's minstrels.
Two men were asphyXiated, at the
Norton farm, near Wabasha, Mimi. The
tenant of the farm bad dug a well thirty
three feet deep. Il. Hullinger, who had
been working in the well, bored down into
the bottom with an anger when there was a
roaring souDd and escaping gas Hullinger
called for help, but was unconscious when
the bucket was lowered for hun. Chris
TOPPER Clsson the tenant, got into the
bucket and went down to rescue Hullinger
Both we've dead in a few minutes.
The total value of personal property
in Wabasha county, as fixed by the county
board of equalization foots up at SIP 3, 761.
The amount returned by the assessors was
81, rs, IFS, the country board adding 800
6JS thereto. amounting In the aggre gate TO
an excess OF 0al6 over the return for the
year 1850. The real estate valuation *
based upon the assessment of last year and
amounts t. So 9l6, 90. making the total real
and personal property valuation of the
county -, l'O,5l9.
Charles Winship, who was Shot at
Freeport, Ill, by David b. Staples, is now
in fair way to recovery. DR. j. II Murray.
the Wlnsnip family physician, assisted DR.
{. ID. Coulter cut the bullet from Winship's
breast. IL was found between the third and
fourth ribs Immediately over the heart and
at the edge of the breast bone. Now that
the bail has been removed his rapid recov-
cry is hoped for. The wounded mans faith
err, mother aud bother are at Freeport.
A banquet was given at st. Paul.
Mimi. Tuesday evening to Senator James
B. Beck, attended by a large party Of repre-
sentative citizens including Tx Senator
I Ram sey, Hon. W. p. Murray, Gen Siblcy,
Senator {. X. Davis, Mayor Ames, Mime
apolis Hon. Albert Scheifer, Hon. p. III.
Kelley, Gen. Ruger, U. S. A., Ex-Gov
Marshall and many others. The guest of
the ever'ng and other gentlemen responded
to the tOasts.
AT Appleton. Wis. f. c. Lake saed
the Chicago q Northwestern Railroad com
pany for $1,000 for killing his wife. The
company took his deposition and it ap-
/ pears that he was not married to the
| woman. 1t was also developed that he has
| three alleged wives, and that he has served
! two terms IN state prisons. His attorney
/ discontinued the SUIT without finishing the
| deposition and Lake viii be arrested.
The Milwaukee & St. Paul has re-
duced the tariff on hard coal from Chicago,
Milwaukee and Racine TO all points west of
| the Mississippi river. The rate to St Paul
and Minneapolis remains the same The
| ola rate to Faribault was s. 50 per ton, new
rate 81 50; to Albert Lea the same; to
| WOonsocket, OAK, old rate $40, new rate
$50 The reduction to all DAKOTA points
has been about 20 cents per ton.
At kenosha. Wis, Capt. Charles
/ Frantz, while walking over the Chicago d
| Northwestern railway track on his way to
| the depot, was struck in the back by the
cable connecting the engine and the gravel
| cars There is little hope of his recovery
| Capt. Franz was formerly postmaster at
Kenosha, and is now in the state land office
| at Madison.
f. Stone, of Elmira, n Y, was kill
ed at Van Gorders stone quarry on the Wis
consin bluffs opposite Winoua, Mimi While
examining Ger that had got off the track a
stone rolled down from the bluff and crushed
the head of unfortunate mau. Mr.. Stone
was 80 years OF age and leaves a wife and
married daughter at Elmira and a son en-
| poyed in the Minneapolis a. Pacific II. r.
office at Minneapolis.
Nine years ago NJ. Ingrebretson, wife,
son and daughter came to Nicollet county,
| Mimi, from Norway Soon after they came
| the son became intoxicated and on his way
| home was so badly frozen that he died. A
| year later the father became insane This
week the mother and daughter were adj
! Judged insane and committed to the st.
Peter asylum.
At Polish wedding in the suburbs
of Milwaukee, Wis, the boys of the neigh
borhood pelted the house with stones. When
August Duak, guest, attempted to dis
perse them the crowd set upon him with
sticks and stones. His iifeless body was
found on the street with his neck broken.
The assaiants are unknown.
The Lawyers and Editors of Mime
apolis, MINI, INDUCED an amatuer game of
base ball on Thursday, the gate proceeds
&c, 20 go to Mrs. Tolafson, widow of the
murdered street car driver. The score of
the game was in favor of the Lawyers, but
the purse secured fJI me poor widow
Appropriated 500.
Harmon, Mimi, special: One of the
largest fires ever known at this place cur
red when the Pomme de Terre Touring mills
were burned, with the elevator. The origin
of the fire is a mystery. The loss is $4,000
insurance unknown. III is not known wheth-
er the mills will be rebuilt.
L. r. Smith of Smith & Oliver, gen
eral merchandise and grain dealers, com
mitted suicide at Breckenridge, Mimi,
while delirious with fever, by cutting his
throat with a pruning knife. Mr.. Smith
was one of the oldest settlers. He leaves
wife and two children.
A parcel of land on the river front
at st. Paul, Mimi, near the Union depot,
has been purchased of the estate of the late
Commodore W. r. Davidson for 5000.
The local papers say it is for depot purposes
for the Minnesota q Northwestern r. X.
The Wisconsin Central has made a
rate for sheep in TERED cars between st.
Paul. Minneapolis or Minnesota transfer
and Chicrgo and Milwaukee of S4S and 10
cents per 100 pounds on hard coal between
the same points.
The foundation of the Bradhead,
Wis, roller mill was undermined by quick
sand and the building collapsed, carrying
down the machinery, 1900 bushels of grain
500 sacks Of -four and quantity of feed.
Loss, $4,000.
Eoenezer Twitchell, resident of
Hastings, Mimi, since 1855, has died Of
dropsy Of the heart: he is survived by his
wife and four children. He was born in
Oswego county. n. Y, January 30, 1915
The assessed valuation of all personal
property in Winona, as returned by the as